The MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS) is an interdisciplinary research laboratory of

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, working on research in the areas of

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, and

signal processing Signal processing is an electrical engineering subfield that focuses on analyzing, modifying and synthesizing ''signals'', such as audio signal processing, sound, image processing, images, and scientific measurements. Signal processing techniq ...

combining faculty from the

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(including the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics), the

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and the

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. The lab is located in the Dreyfoos Tower of the

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and shares some research duties with MIT's

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and the independent

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History

The laboratory traces its beginnings to the

MIT Servomechanisms Laboratory The MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS) is an interdisciplinary research laboratory of MIT, working on research in the areas of communications, control, and signal processing combining faculty from the School of Engineering ( ...

, where work on guidance systems and early computation was done during

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. Known as ''LIDS'', the laboratory has hosted several luminaries over the years, including

Claude Shannon Claude Elwood Shannon (April 30, 1916 – February 24, 2001) was an American people, American mathematician, electrical engineering, electrical engineer, and cryptography, cryptographer known as a "father of information theory". As a 21-year-o ...

and

David Forney George David Forney Jr. (born March 6, 1940) is an American electrical engineer who made contributions in telecommunication system theory, specifically in coding theory and information theory. Biography Forney received the B.S.E. degree in el ...

. , the current acting director is Prof.

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.Biography of Alan S. Willsky.
/ref>''Alan S. Willsky'' was elected in 2010
as a member of

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in Electronics, Communication & Information Systems Engineering for contributions to model-based

and

statistical inference Statistical inference is the process of using data analysis to infer properties of an underlying probability distribution, distribution of probability.Upton, G., Cook, I. (2008) ''Oxford Dictionary of Statistics'', OUP. . Inferential statistical ...

References

External links

LIDS webpage
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Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems The MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS) is an interdisciplinary research laboratory of MIT, working on research in the areas of communications, control, and signal processing combining faculty from the School of Engineering ( ...

History

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References

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